With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
Adam SmithWhenever the legislature attempts to regulate differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. When the regulation, therefore, is in favor of the workmen, it is always just and equitable; but it is sometimes otherwise when in favor of the masters.
Adam SmithGreat nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.
Adam Smith